External SAS Storage 101 (Query not guide)
Hi all,
External storage is a bit new to me, but i've been absorbing as much as i can, as i need to implement a solution (as cheap as possible, because this cost was not planned for) next week at the earliest. I'd like to confirm my understanding and if i've understood right, awesome! If i've got it wrong, i look forward to having a config specific to me, critiqued.
So, inside the enclosure we have 8 3.5" HDD's. Would i place an IBM M1115 (i already have this, so more cos
You can use something like this (click to expand):
Adapter from 8088 to 8087, then an internal 8087 to 8087 cable to the expander.
There's also the HP Expander, but it only links @ SATA2 speeds max and only a single external port, so around 1100MB/s max for the 8 disks, which can bottleneck a little but it's still a decent speed, could be a bigger bottleneck if you add more disks in the future.